Ultra v1.0 (6380e) & RAM

I bought 3- Crucial 1gb sticks of RAM (CT12872Y335
) for a Utral v1.0 MOBO. The system will not boot up, i get 3 beeps, whioch i understand means there is an issue with the memory. The RAM is ECC, could that be the issue?

Welcome to the forum.
Could you please post complete system specs. You can use my signature as a reference.
Try running memtest
Good Luck
Jeremy

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